Privacy

Who is responsible

This website is run by Jessie Elliott (The Hummingbird Lion), operating through Minisca, LLC. For anything on this page, write to jessie@thehummingbirdlion.com or use the message form on the Contact page.

What I collect

Inquiry and message forms: your name, email address, organization (if you give one), the topic or event details you choose to share, and your message.
Newsletter: your email address.
Booking a call: the details you enter in the scheduling tool, such as your name, email address and chosen time, and payment details for the booking fee.
Session recordings: only if you agree beforehand.
Session notes: I sometimes keep written notes after a session.
Visits to the site: page views and which buttons are used, counted without cookies and without identifying you.
Technical information: like every website, the hosting service receives your IP address and browser type when a page loads. When you send a form, your IP address is used briefly to limit automated abuse and is not saved.

No advertising or social media trackers run on this site.

How I use it

To reply to your inquiry or message.
To send the newsletter, if you subscribed and confirmed.
To schedule and hold the call you booked.
To go back over a recorded session with you, to check progress or clarify what was said.
To understand which pages are useful, in aggregate.

I do not sell your information, and I do not share it for advertising.

Services that process information for me

Kit handles the newsletter list. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
Calendly handles scheduling, and Stripe processes the booking fee. Payment details go to them and never reach this website.
Zoom hosts the video sessions. A session you have agreed to record is recorded there.
Vercel hosts the site and provides its analytics, which do not use cookies or identify individual visitors.
Resend delivers form messages to my inbox. If the form opens your own email app instead, the message goes from your account to mine and this website keeps no copy.

Each of these services has its own privacy policy, which applies to the information it handles.

Book purchases take place on Amazon and Books.by, under their privacy policies.

Shop purchases take place in my online store, which runs on Shopify. Order and payment details are handled there, under the privacy policy shown in that store.

Cookies

The site sets one cookie of its own, and only if you switch between the light and dark appearance: it remembers your choice for a year.

The calendar on the Contact page comes from Calendly and loads only when you ask for it. Calendly may then set its own cookies.

Do Not Track

This site does not follow you across other websites, so it behaves the same way whether or not your browser sends a Do Not Track signal. No other party collects information about your activity over time and across websites through this site.

Conversations

Conversations are treated with the highest degree of discretion, professionalism, and respect. Personal information is handled confidentially and with strong privacy practices designed to create a safe space for honest conversation.

A session is recorded only if you agree beforehand. A recording lets us go back to check progress or clarify what was said, as a resource for moving forward. I keep it for that purpose, you can have a copy, and it is treated with the same confidentiality as the conversation itself.

I sometimes keep written notes after a session. They are treated with the same confidentiality.

Please do not send private health information

The forms on this site are for inquiries. They are not a secure channel for medical or mental health details. My work is educational consultation, not therapy.

How long I keep it

I keep messages, booking details, session notes and any session recordings for as long as I need them to reply, to hold the conversation you booked, to support our work together, and to keep ordinary business records. Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe.

Your choices

Unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any email.
Ask to see, correct or delete the information you have sent me.

To make a request, write to jessie@thehummingbirdlion.com or use the message form on the Contact page.

Visitors outside the United States

This site is run from the United States, and the services above process information there. If you write from another country, your information will be handled in the United States.

Children and young people

This site is written for adults, and I do not accept anyone under 18 as a client. I do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes

If this page changes, the new version is posted here and the date below changes with it.

Last updated: November 12, 2026

Questions about this page? Write to jessie@thehummingbirdlion.com or use the message form.